Creative

Creative Request

All requests must be submitted at least four-six weeks before the requested date of completion. If your project needs to be completed in less than two weeks, please submit the form and then email creativerequests@cityfirst.church with an explanation and project number (refer to confirmation email) to request an exception. Your request will be reviewed and you’ll be notified about the status of your request. These timeframes are built in to provide enough time for creation, edits, and finances to be approved according to procedures.

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Contact Information

This is the point person from the department for this project. The Creative Director will sign off on behalf of the Creative Department, and will work with the department point person to fulfill the project goals.
Select all that apply. For projects for multiple locations, please include content for each location.

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Project Information

Give a one to two sentence summary of this project.

Project Details

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For Promo Campaigns, select the date of the event. Due dates for each promo item should be indicated in the document that is contains the edited content.

For Print, please select the date in which you'd like the printed pieces in-hand. Printing timelines will be established based on that date.

Be sure to include which event/ministry it was created for as well as the size. (ie: Car Show Postcard or Easter 4x4)
If multiple pages in a site need to be edited, enter the main url of the website and organize your content by page url (Attach content below).

It is not necessary to have a completely finalized script, but please have at least a draft.

Please include a sitemap with proofed content. Organize the content by pages and page sections.

Please organize the content by page urls. Specify content and graphic updates.

Please include the subject line, send date and time, and who should receive this email (RF, CLS, All, etc).

Please organize content by email and include subject lines, send dates and times, and who should receive each email (RF, CLS, All, etc).

If you are needing pieces that aren’t specified above, please include those in your submitted document.

Please include all event details necessary to produce an effective promotional campaign.

Organize your content by the piece. For example, while the details of an event are the same for all pieces, the content for a Get Connected announcement will be different than what’s needed for a postcard.

Be sure to indicate due dates for each piece of the promotional campaign.

For print pieces, please include project specs (dimensions, quantities, in-house/out-of-house printing, etc).

Upload a document containing approved content. The content will be proofed during the design and completion process.
Please list in order of priority if there are multiple goals.
Paste in urls to videos that could help establish direction. Separate by comma.
Upload any photo/image references that could help establish design direction.

Any assets necessary to complete this project (look/design, photos, logos, videos, etc) will be requested upon approval of the project. Please have those ready prior to submitting your media request.